tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post7393004882711500530..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: The Saturday Snapshot #3Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-43291696534799189422018-08-26T01:49:33.431-05:002018-08-26T01:49:33.431-05:00Looks like Ukraine, whose flag is blue and yellow....Looks like Ukraine, whose flag is blue and yellow. Now you know why.<br /><br />You can see for miles and miles and miles over those "amber waves of grain", about as far as you can over the corn and soybeans in DeKalb County, an hour west of the Loop, where I once lived. The pool-table flatness and the lack of trees bothered me at first. It felt too empty, after so many years in the city. <br /><br />But I later came to appreciate it, and even to like it. Much less confining. Best of all was the vast expanse of sky. You can see approaching weather systems a long way off, and the towering clouds of summer storms are truly magnificent.<br /><br />In second grade, we had to memorize all the verses of both "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "America the Beautiful"--and we learned to sing them in their proper order. At seven, the boys were still a little too young to change the line (very quietly, of course) to "alabastered cities"...that came along a couple of years later.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60921155241731987882018-08-25T12:31:56.998-05:002018-08-25T12:31:56.998-05:00Striking! I like the stark division between earth ...Striking! I like the stark division between earth and sky. Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.com